Glove-fastener.



Patented Dec. ll, I900.

' M. u. SHIPMAN.

GLOVE FASTENEB.

(Application filed Apr. 27, 1897.)

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MADISON D. SHIPMAN, OF DE KALB, ILLINOIS.

GLOVE-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,520, dated December 1 1, 1900.

Application filed April 2'7, 1897- Serial No. 634.146. kNo model.) I

To (all 'IUII/(TITZ/ it ntcty concern:

Be it known that I, MADISON D. SHIPMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at De Kalb, in the county of De Kalb and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glove-Fasteners; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to glove-fasteners and analogous buttons and means for attach ing them to the fabric or material; and the objects are to provide both a socket member and a stud member which are simple in construction and which may be firmly and easily attached to the material and to provide simple means in the head of the socket member whereby a covering of plastic material may be readily and securely fastened to said head member and which can be cheaply produced. I attain these objects by means of the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical central section of a socket member composed of four pieces-the back-piece A, the cap or cover B, the catchguard C, and the catch-piece D, secured together and to the fabric. Fig.2 is a vertical sectional view of the pieces composing the head portion of the socket member previous to being assembled. This figure also shows in dotted lines a celluloid or plastic top secured to the back-piece A. In case this cover is used the metal cover will be dispensed with. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section of the two pieces comprising the stud-catch assembled prior to their attachment to the head portion of the socket member and to the fabric. Fig. 4 is a modified form of the head portion of the socket member assembled prior to its attachment to the fabricthat is, the flange of the back-piece A is turned over the outer margin of the cover, being the recess of that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a vertical central section through a stud member of a glovefastening secured to the material by a hollow rivet and showing a condition which it may assume in the setting operation. Fig. 6 is a vertical central section of said stud and its rivet previous to their attachment to the material, the rivet being shown on the line 6 6 of Fig. 8. Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view of the rivet on the line 7 7 of Fig. 8. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the rivet shown in section in Figs. 6 and 7. Fig. 9 is a vertical section through the head of a socket member covered with plastic material.

Referring to the drawings by letters of reference, A is the back-piece of the head portion of the socket member, having a hollow flaring body a projected centrally therefrom and integral therewith.

B is the cap or cover.

0 is the catch-guard and attaching-eyeletintegral, and D is the catch-piece, and these two pieces 0 and D when assembled form the stud-catch complete.

E is the stud, F the fastening-rivet, and G the fabric or material to which the fastenings are secured.

. The back-piece A has a flange a and projected therefrom a hollow annular flaring body having a contracted opening a at the junction of this body and the flange and a recess a within this body. WVithin this recess the end of the fastening means is turned or burred, and the flaring sides hold it securely after its end is so burred or folded within the hollow flaring body of said projection.

If any covering other than metal is used, the flange a of the back-piece A serves as a protector or reinforcement during the setting operation, and when plastic material is used, as illustrated in Fig. 9 and in dotted lines in Fig. 2, for the cover the groove or recess formed between the flaring central body and the flange forms a secure anchor therefor, and if pearl or other brittle material is used for the cover the edge of the flange a may be turned over the same as shown in Fig. 4.

The stud-catch proper is composed of the guard-piece 0, having a hollow bulging barrel-shaped body projected from an outlying base-flange, and fitting loosely within the swelled or bulging portion of this barrel is the catch-piece D. The contracted ends of the guard-piece prevent the accidental displacement of the catch-piece. The unflanged end of the catch-guard C is the means by which the stud-catch complete is fastened to the head of the socket member and to the fabric by interlocking within the hollow flaring body of the back-piece A when these two portions are being set to the fabric.

The catch-piece D is a hollow flangeless slitted shell which is of a size and shape to fit within the bulged or swelled body of the guard-piece C, so as to allow sufficient expansion and contraction to admit and hold the head of the stud member and to permit its removal at will. The barrel of the catchguard serves to both protect and hold in place the catch-piece D.

To secure the socket member to the fabric, the head portion is placed in a suitable tool and the stud-catch upon another tool in alinement with the head portion. A hole is pro vided in the fabric and the tools are forced toward each other, the unflanged end of the stud-catch being passed through the fabric and into the hollow flaring body of the backpiece A and is clenched or burned therein, thus making the socket member complete and attaching it to the fabric in a very neat and substantial manner.

The stud E (shown in Figs. 5 and 6) is of the usual form and is secured to the material by a rivet F of novel construction, which is provided with a hollow wedge-shaped shank orstemf, provided with a base-flangef'. The piercing end of the hollow stem or shank is rounded transversely, as at f In use this rivet is adapted to pierce or cut its Way through the material when the rivet and stud are forced together with the material between, the piercing end of the rivet being upset, curled, or crinkled within the stud to hold said parts to the material, as shown in Fig. 5. It will be noticed that the piercing end of the rivet is sufliciently sharp to cut its Way through the material in general use with this kind of fasteners; but owing to its comparative width transversely, as shown in Fig. 7, it could not readily pierce metal of the usual strength used to form studs of this class.

It is to be noted that the stud and rivet shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7, and S are enlarged as compared to the other figures. It will also be understood that the stud-catch shown may be used with any desired kind of cap or cover, or, in fact, may be set directly to the material.

The back-piece A shown and described may be used with any form of cover-eyeletor studcatch desired.

The rivet F may be used for securing buttons to sheet material or for any other purose.

What I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim is 1. In a glove fastening or button a backpiece consisting of a hollow annular flaring body centrally projected from a disk,and having a contracted opening at the flanged end of said body to admit the attaching end of a catch or eyelet; a clench turning surface within said body to turn the attaching end of the eyelet or stud catch, in combination with a catch or eyelet, substantially as set forth.

2. A button or fastening head provided with a back-piece consisting of a metal disk having an annular flaring body projected therefrom and an eyelet turningsu rface within said body, and aplastic or celluloid covering anchored to and protected by said backpiece, substantially as set forth.

3. A button or fastener-head consisting of a metallic back adapted to rest on the material to which the head is to be attached, and a hollow, flaring body integral with and projected from said back-piece, to secure and hold the end of the fastening means, and a covering of plastic composition anchored to said back-piece, substantially as set forth.

-.t. A button or fastening-back consisting of a metallic disk integral with a hollow, flaring, annular projection, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The head of a fastening or button consisting of a back-piece comprising a metallic disk and ahollow flaring body projected therefrom forming an annular recess between said body and flange whereby a plastic covering may be secured to said back-piece, in combination with a plastic covering, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of a stud or button secured to the fabric by a rivet having a flange, a hollow, wedge-shaped stem projected therefrom, and a rounded penetrating end turned or burred within said stud or button, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. The socket member of a glove-fastening consisting of a back-piece having a hollow, flaring body projected therefrom, and a cap or cover secured therewith, and a stud-catch comprising a guard-piece having a hollow, bulging body and a base-flange integral therewith, and a slitted-shell catchpiece held loosely within the body of the guard-piece, the unfianged end of the guard-piece interlocked with the hollow body of the backpiece, substantially as set forth.

8. In the socket member of a glove-fastening a stud-catch consisting of a hollow, barrel-shaped body and an outlying flange integral therewith, and a slitted-shell catch-piece secured within said catchguard, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

9. A socket member having a stud-catch consisting of a guard-piece having contracted upper and lower openings, and a catch-piece held within the body of said catch-guard by said contractions, and a head to which the catch is clenched to hold it on the fabric, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MADISON D. SHIPMAN.

Witnessesr GEORGE W. BAGG, W. S. GORGES. 

